What You’ll Need
- Zaful Women Halterneck Satin Cocktail Club Dress White
- White Tutu Tulle Skirt
- White Retro Skates Red Wheels
- Neon Nation Unisex White/Red Striped Socks
- Pastel Pink Lace Front Wig
- Uniqso Sweety Solar Eclipse Sclera Cosplay Contacts
- SFX Makeup Wound Kit
- Jacquard Fabric Paint for Clothes Goldenrod (Sock Stripe)
- Bic Bodymark Temporary Tattoo Marker Black
- Derby Laces For Skates, Red
- Surgical Stainless Steel Earrings
- White Cast Cover
- Maybelline Super Stay Cranberry Red
- Woochie by Cinema Secrets Broken Bone Latex Appliance
Lulu from Living Dead Dolls Series 9 presents one of the most distinctive visual contrasts in horror doll design. Instead of standard gothic lace or Victorian mourning clothes, she wears a mid-century roller-skating outfit directly tied to her backstory—a fatal collision with a truck while out on her skates. Recreating her requires balancing cheerful 1950s roller-rink style with blunt, traumatic injury details.
The core of the look is built around high-contrast whites and bright reds, offset by pale pastel hair, hollow doll makeup, and prosthetic bone trauma. Because the original doll design relies on sharp silhouette cues rather than intricate patterning, getting the individual garments to sit cleanly on your frame will do far more for the finished costume than overcomplicating the fabric work.
The Skater Dress and Volume
Lulu wears a white halter dress with a fitted bodice and a wide, flared skirt that evokes 1950s carhop and skating fashion. A white halterneck satin cocktail dress provides the clean neckline and open-back cut needed for the top half. Satin has a slight sheen that reflects convention lighting nicely, echoing the hard plastic and vinyl surfaces of a collector doll.
To get the doll-like skirt flare without relying on stiff wire hoops, wear a white tulle tutu skirt directly beneath the dress. The layers of netted tulle push the satin outward into an exaggerated bell shape that stays bouncy as you move. Check that the tulle hem sits just inside the dress hemline so the gathered netting supports the skirt without peeking out too far beneath the satin edge.
Retro Skates and Custom Tube Socks
Footwear is the foundation of Lulu’s design. White retro quad skates with red wheels mirror the doll’s vintage roller-rink aesthetic. Standard skate packages usually ship with plain white laces, but swapping those out for bright red derby laces ties the boots directly to the wheel color and adds a crisp punch of red against the white leatherette.
If you plan to wear real quad skates at a convention or indoor event, always check the venue’s wheeled footwear policies beforehand. Some convention centers require taping toe stops or strictly ban rolling inside exhibition halls. If rolling isn’t permitted, you can remove the wheels and mount the boot shells over flat sneaker soles, or simply swap the skate wheels for polyurethane practice plugs to maintain the silhouette safely.
Underneath the skates, Lulu wears white knee-high tube socks featuring a retro double stripe. Neon Nation white and red striped socks give you the correct base, but the character has a secondary golden-yellow stripe between the red bands. You can add this missing line using Jacquard goldenrod fabric paint. Slide a piece of stiff cardboard inside each sock to stretch the ribbed knit flat before brushing on the paint; this ensures the stripe penetrates the ribbed grooves and won’t crack or show bare white fabric when you pull the socks up your calves.
Trauma Appliances and the Signed Cast
What separates Lulu from a standard vintage skater is the graphic aftermath of her street accident. The visual centerpiece of that trauma is a compound fracture, which you can replicate on an exposed forearm or lower leg using the Woochie broken bone latex appliance. Adhere the prosthetic with spirit gum or pros-aide, blend the outer edges into your skin with liquid latex, and build realistic discoloration around the wound using an SFX makeup kit with deep bruising wheels, coagulated blood gel, and stippled abrasions.
The accompanying arm cast is easiest to manage using a lightweight white cast cover worn over a soft cotton under-wrap or forearm brace. This gives the visual density of real medical plaster without the weight, heat, or restricted movement of genuine fiberglass. Take a black Bic Bodymark temporary tattoo marker and scrawl crooked “Get Well Soon” notes, mock classmate signatures, and childish doodles across the surface of the cast cover. It adds narrative depth and mirrors the macabre humor that runs through the Living Dead Dolls line.
Porcelain Face, Black Sclera, and Hair
Lulu’s facial styling leans into the uncanny valley of an antique doll. Start with a porcelain-pale base set with translucent powder, keeping the complexion flat and matte. For her eyes, Uniqso Sweety Solar Eclipse sclera contacts replicate the blank, soulless black voids that give the character her eerie stare. Because mini-sclera and full-sclera lenses cover significant surface area, always insert them using fresh saline before applying any face powders or eye makeup to keep particles from getting trapped underneath.
Pair the blacked-out eyes with simple surgical stainless steel ball stud earrings in the lobes, maintaining the clean lines of a manufactured doll head. For the lips, Maybelline Super Stay in Cranberry Red provides the deep, blood-red focal point Lulu wears. Blot the edges cleanly or paint a rounded cupid’s bow to exaggerate the doll-like mouth shape.
Finish the head styling with a pastel pink lace front wig cut to shoulder length. The pastel tone contrasts against the stark white satin of the dress and the dark crimson accents throughout the rest of the costume. Lightly steam the front bangs to frame your face, and use a small amount of matte styling wax on the ends to keep the fiber clusters looking tidy throughout a full day of wear.
